“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.” — Robert A. Heinlein

About Me

I'm just a normal guy who sees that bad things could potentially happen. While I'm not going to worry about the world ending every minute of every day I'm not going to put my head in the sand and pretend that it can't happen. I just want to do what I can without getting crazy about it and maybe help some others with the same attitude along the way.

Thursday, July 5, 2012

Hey, everyone. If you haven't noticed by now I've been focusing a lot on self defense lately. It seems to be almost completely ignored by people in preparedness circles. I can understand why. It takes a long time to get good at it. There's a lot of getting sweaty and rolling around with other sweaty people. It's pretty easy to get hurt. Especially, if you're just rolling around with your buddies in your backyard. Quality training is pretty expensive. Besides, why learn how to fight when you can just carry a gun? Realistically, though, there aren't too many situations that we should be prepping for that are more likely than getting jumped on the street and sometimes pulling a gun will get you in a lot more trouble than it's worth. Here are some really good videos on self defense basics. Stephan Kesting has a lot of BJJ videos online and he's one of the better "youtube instructors" that I've found. He sticks to the basics and he does a good job of explaining everything thoroughly and simply so that it's easy to understand. Check them out and let me know what you think.

There are a lot of ways to learn self-defense. All you have to do is to make some research. Through social media, one can already learn the basics of self-defense. But then again, if you can pay for actual training, be sure to choose reliable martial arts school, and learn from reputable instructors.

I have taken many self-defense courses but what I really want to learn is knife defense. I understand, of course, that the number 1 rule is to run away but what about cases where that doesn't work? So I'm still looking for a trainer in Ohio that could instruct me - does anyone know of anyone?

BJJ is not an ideal self defense system because it relies too much on being on the ground. Fighting on the ground is tactically the worst place you can be. You lose vision and mobility being on the ground which is a bad thing if there are more than one attacker. Most traditional martial arts are unrealistic to learn quickly due to their complex moves. It takes years to become an effective fighter learning most traditional martial arts. Seek training in Krav Maga. It is a realistic based combat tested form of self defense. Food for thought....

I took aikido for 15 years it AINT bad but I also have found that krav maga is most likely the best real world self defense that there is why do I say that because its what isreal teaches the idf and if a they THINKS ITS GOOD well I don't think you could ask fot better proof

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